Improvement in paper bags



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE.

GEORGE vDARE AND DIANA DARE, OF AUBURN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER BAGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 71,143, dated November19, 1867- To all whom 'it may concern:

Beit known that we, GEORGE DARE and DIANA DARE, of Auburn, in the Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in theMode of Manufacturing Paper Bags 5 and we do hereby declare that thefollowing is a true and exact description of the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, andto the letters of reference markedthereon, in which is represented a piece of paper of oblong shape,showing the manner of folding the same.

The nature of our invention consists in so folding an oblong piece ofpaper, longitudinally and transverselyT upon each side of its center,that the paper, when pasted together at its sides, will form a bag withsquare bottom, the superficial measurement of which shall be the sameias the mouth of the bag, thus rendering it stronger, or less liable togive way or wear out.

a a are the longitudinal folds, b b the transverse folds, and c c theoblique folds. The A paper is now put on a former, and the sides pastedor glued together, when the bag is complete.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

The manner of folding a piece of paper upon each side of its center, forthe purpose of forming a bottom, the supercial measurement of whichshall be the same as the mouth of the bag, substantially for the purposeset forth.

1n testimony that we claim the above, we set our signatures in thepresence of two witnesses.

GEORGE DARE. DIANA DARE.

Witnesses PETER HOWARD. vABIGrAIL F. HOWARD.

